New here. 1969 302 from Austria

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11-18-2010, 09:15 AM

mursch123

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New here. 1969 302 from Austria

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I´m new here. It´s a pleasure for me to tell you something about my Mustang. It´s 1969 coupe with a 302 engine. Bought in Reno NV and shipped to europe from oakland CA. The stock color was lime gold but now it´s dark green. Will go back to lime gold in some years. I thought the engine is stock but i discovered that it is bored to 0.040 over. So i decided to build a stroker. So i did.

I built a 347 with probe stroker kit from CHP and Afr 185 heads. Londtube 3" headers and 670 Holley streetavenger carb. As i mentioned the block was bored 0.040 over not done by me. It´s a mexican block. I´m going to start it next weekend the first time. Hold thumbs form me.

I´m also in a forum in europe (www.dr-mustang.com) and people there tell me that 0.040 over is way too much for a 302 block. I searched the internet and also here and found different meanings. I think it´s good to have a mexican block because of thiker welldings. And I also think it´s good that it has been running for some years with 0.040 over. But I´m still not very happy with my desicion to use this block and build a 347 instead of a 331. I know I should have thought about it before. - now it´s too late. I will not go over 5500 RPM so will it hold? What do you think?

Thanks

11-18-2010, 10:28 AM

Timspony

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Welcome to MF!

...Pics please

11-18-2010, 01:43 PM

2005Redfire6

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Welcome to the forum.

11-18-2010, 02:27 PM

Larry Warcup

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Welcome to the MF, mursch123 from beautiful British Columbia, Canada!

First of all, let's see some pics of this '69 beast!

Second, there are a ton of people on this site who will give you opinions on the best
way to finish your car's engine...no problem there.

Enjoy the site

Larry

11-18-2010, 03:46 PM

lizzyfan

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welcome
check out the classic section for all your tech questions

11-20-2010, 07:45 AM

05 Mustang

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welcome

11-20-2010, 10:55 PM

Trekker-1701

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Welcome to MF! We would love to see some pics of your new ride. Glad to hear there is interest in good ol' American Muscle on the other side of the pond!